[S2M-2640.4 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 24 Mar 2005 at 17:05

Kenny MacAskill MP, Lothians voted in the minority (No).

This looks like the vote on S2M-2640.4

The description in the bulletin on 2005-03-24 is:

* S2M-2640.4 Scott Barrie: Nuclear Weapons—As an amendment to motion (S2M-2640) in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, leave out from “is opposed” to end and insert “acknowledges that defence and national security are matters reserved to the UK Parliament and acknowledges, in the words of the Government’s Strategic Defence Review, “the goal of the global elimination of nuclear weapons”; welcomes the many moves taken to reduce the number of weapons in the world including UK support for the convention to ban anti-personnel landmines, end-user certificates and other restrictions on the arms trade and the significant reductions in the UK’s nuclear weapons stockpile; notes the position of the Scottish National Party, in favour of withdrawal from the United Kingdom and NATO; recognises that withdrawal from the United Kingdom and from NATO would put at risk 25,000 direct MoD jobs in Scotland, 6,000 more dependent on MoD contracts and 12,000 more jobs supported by the military presence, and notes that between 2000 and 2004 the MoD placed 2,500 contracts in Scotland worth around £2 billion, all of which would be at risk under the SNP.” Supported by: Mr Alasdair Morrison*

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Text Introducing Division:

The next question is, that amendment S2M-2640.4, in the name of Scott Barrie, which seeks to amend motion S2M-2640, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, on nuclear weapons, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

No.

There will be a division.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)AbstentionsTurnout
Con14 0077.8%
Green0 6085.7%
Independent1 31100.0%
Lab44 0089.8%
LDem0 13076.5%
SNP0 23092.0%
SSCUP0 10100.0%
SSP0 4066.7%
Total:59 50185.9%

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